Women’s World Cup 2023 team guides part 12: Zambia

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This article is part of the Guardian’s Women’s World Cup 2023 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 32 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 20 July. Overview The Zambia women’s side is one of Africa’s fastest-rising teams, having been the continent’s only women’s football representatives at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Copper Queens also reached the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals in Morocco, which secured their qualification for a Women’s World Cup debut in 2023. Women’s...